stardust ⋮ george weasley

forty-eight :

F O R T Y - E I G H T

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Addie,

I'm trying to take your advice to stay more positive lately, so I'm going to start out this letter with something good. Product development for WWW has been absolutely incredible. Being able to use magic outside of Hogwarts has made it so much easier. I feel like we're really taking off now. I can't wait to show you them when you come next week.

But there's been a change of plans. I've been so excited to show you the Burrow, but you're not going to be able to go to it this summer. I can't explain it just yet, but our whole family is going to be staying somewhere else with a few other people. Mum and I will still be picking you up at your Muggle house at the same date and time though.

I want to say I hope you haven't been reading the papers, but I know you. I know you've been probably poring over them the entire summer, and if I could take them away from you, I would. You're not what the Daily Prophet is saying about you.

I miss you so much, Addie, and I can't wait to finally hold you again next week. It feels like it's been a million years since I've seen you, even though it's just been a couple of weeks. I'm so excited to see you again.

– George

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Adeline,

I'm not even supposed to be writing this letter, but I needed to let you know that I haven't disappeared off the face of the Earth or don't want to write you.

Mum and Dad believe the Prophet big time, and my brother does too. It's like they've suddenly forgotten all six years of knowing you as one of my best friends, and now suddenly you're just the "crazy girl who hasn't been quite right since the Triwizard Tournament".

I got into a huge fight with them about it, and now they're furious with me. They won't even let me talk to Ophelia anymore, and she lives right next door to me. Granted, they're also fighting with her parents too because at least they believe You-Know-Who is back. That definitely doesn't help the situation.

I don't think I'm going to be able to write you any more letters this summer, no matter how much I want to. I'm so sorry. I'm so happy that this is our last year at Hogwarts because that means I can move out of my parent's home and not have to deal with this.

I really hope you've been doing better these past few weeks. You never say much in your letters, so I don't really know how you truly are. But you know you can always come to me, Ophelia, or Estelle right? Please remember that.

I'll see you on September 1st, where I'll be waiting to give you a big hug. I'm so sorry about everything that's happened.

– Melanie

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Adeline,

Well the good news is that my parents believe You-Know-Who is back.

The bad news? I've pretty much been put on lockdown for the entire summer because my parents are convinced that there's Death Eaters waiting around every corner to attack our family. I tried telling them that Death Eaters would go after Melanie's family first because they're right next door and have absolutely no protection on the home (they refuse to believe You-Know-Who is back). They even constructed this huge charmed fence between the two properties because my parents and Melanie's parents are so angry at each other

I'm so glad the summer's half over. I can only fly around my backyard and throw Quaffles through the trees for so long. Thank Merlin I'm of age too, so I've been trying to learn a bunch of advanced charms and spells for the upcoming school year. Granted, I've had to regrow my eyebrows about fifty times. But I'm learning!

I hope the summer has been going a lot better for you. I know you're going to visit George soon, so I really hope that goes well. You deserve something good this summer.

– Ophelia

P.S. If it makes you feel any better, I've been mastering a bunch of fire spells by practicing on the Daily Prophet papers.

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Adeline,

This is quite possible the strangest summer to date.

I'm not even sure if I'm still allowed to write you, but I don't even care. My dad's working so closely with Minister Fudge that if he believes that You-Know-Who is back, he can't say a word. The problem is, I have no idea what he believes. He refuses to talk about it, even to my mum.

She believes you and Harry, by the way. Mum won't talk about it in front of Dad, but he's been out of the house a lot this summer. I have no idea what Madeline thinks, but she's been working so much at the Ministry nowadays that I wouldn't be surprised if she's jumped on the Daily Prophet train as well.

How have you been? You've been saying you've been alright in all the letters you've been sending. While a part of me wants to believe that's true, I know how much you tend to hide your pain. Even though I don't want to force you to open up, I don't want you to bottle it in. It's what I told you at the train station before we left for summer holidays.

I'm not sure if I can send anymore letters after this. Dad's been acting really weird, and he gets really dodgy every time yours or Harry's names get brought up. If I can't, I'll see you on September 1st and hopefully things can possibly been a little more normal. Well, as normal as things can be right now. I love you, okay?

– Estelle

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a/n:

hi guys!! this is a short little chapter, but writing the letters is super fun to me and i hope you all enjoyed it :))

i hope you all have a lovely day, and i'll see you at the next update!!

- g ♡